March 18: The power-starved state is all set to get additional 500 Mega Watt electricity from the Vijayawada thermal station by this month end.
This would ease the power supply situation to a large extent as nearly 12 million units of electricity are being added to the system, which has been stretched to the limits in recent months.

March 17: Maytas Infra on Tuesday formally requested the state government to extend the deadline to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
It is learnt that Maytas Infra wants three to six months more but sources close to the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, said he had directed the officials to go by the deadlines stipulated in the agreement.

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu has promised to give the same push to agiculture that he had given the IT sector in his earlier stint as Andhra Pradesh chief minister.

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March 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed further proceedings of the CID against the alleged irregularities in Kuppam irrigation project.

March 13: Water experts have warned that the hydro-logical cycle needs to be protected to prevent water shortage in the future.
Taking part in a seminar on "water use efficiency and water quality issues in Andhra Pradesh" organised by Central Ground Water Board here, the experts said water in the country was overexploited and the situation would turn grim by 2050.

March 12: The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has come up with a aflatoxin detection kit which can find poisonous substances in food samples. The kit costs Rs 2,600 ($50).

Tests almost complete on the 1,440-km pipeline.

Mukesh Ambani

March 12: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday pulled up officials of the mines and geology department who were present in the court for non-implementation of it order.

March 12: Star hotels of the city have also opted for daily power cuts, like malls and multiplexes. The state government has decided to impose a two-day power holiday per week or daily power cuts on star hotels and software companies. Hospitals and diagnostic centres have been exempted from power holiday.